# Western States Endurance Run — Live Video, Tracking, Archive

> Official data companion for the Western States 100-Mile Endurance Run. (iPhone/iPad app by Start Project, LLC.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/western-states-endurance-run/id1503246355 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Start Project, LLC](https://appshunter.io/developer/1365266771)
- Category: Sports, News
- Price: Free
- Rating: 4.00/5 from 13 App Store ratings · 1 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 15.1 · 45 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2021-06-16
- Data updated: 2026-07-21
- Monetization: free
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/western-states-endurance-run/id1503246355/reviews.md

## What is Western States Endurance Run?

The official data companion app for the Western States 100-Mile Endurance Run — the world's oldest 100-mile trail race, run every June from Olympic Valley to Auburn, California.

Race day, stay up to the moment on every runner you care about. Off-season, fifty years of finishers, splits, and stories are at your fingertips.

**RACE DAY**

• Live tracking on every starter — current aid station, distance, pace, race time
• Filter by gender, age group, US state, country, or aid station — see exactly who's where
• Course-record badges — instantly spot runners on or under CR, CR-F, AGR, and AGR-F pace
• Leader gap badges — see how far behind 2nd–5th overall, women's, masters, and age-group leaders are running
• Tap any badge to head-to-head compare splits with the runner setting the mark
• Persistent live video player — watch the broadcast while you scroll, switch tabs, or open another runner's page
• Push notifications when runners you've favorited reach a new aid station, finish, or DNF

**ARCHIVES**

• Every finisher since 1974 — name, age, time, place, photo, finish video where available
• 50 years of cover images, race recaps, year-by-year stats
• Splits leaderboards, sub-24-hour silver buckle counts, finish percentages
• Search by name, filter by year, gender, age group, US state, or country
• International runners shown with country flags

**STATS LAB**

• All-time top finish times, filtered by gender, age group, country, year range
• Splits leaderboards for any aid-station-to-aid-station segment, on the modern 100.2-mile course
• Year-over-year charts — temperature highs and lows, finishers, finish percentage, multi-finishers, international entrants
• Side-by-side comparison of any two runners' splits

**RUNNER DETAIL**

• Full split table with elapsed time and field position at every station
• Race photos and finish videos
• Multi-year finish history, age progression, course-record holdings
• Direct comparison links to course-record holders for every category

**OFF-SEASON**

• News feed pulled from the official @wser channels
• Race-day live stream notifications
• Update notifications when new years are added to the archive

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Built by trail runners, for trail runners. Free, no account required.

Data: Western States Endurance Run Foundation, UltraLive.net, wser.org and the ultramarathon community.

Feedback: narpublic@gmail.com

The Western States ® 100-Mile Endurance Run is the world’s oldest 100 mile trail race. The Run starts in Olympic Valley, California, near the site of the 1960 Winter Olympics, and ends 100.2 miles later in Auburn, California. In the decades since its inception in 1974, Western States has come to represent one of the ultimate endurance tests in the world.

## Key features

- Live runner tracking with aid station and pace data
- Historical finisher data since 1974
- Course-record and leader gap badges
- Persistent live video player
- Detailed runner split tables and comparison tools
- Race news feed and update notifications

## Recent user reviews (1 of 1)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/western-states-endurance-run/id1503246355/reviews.md

### 3/5 — A good first attempt

*2021-06-27*

The app is a good first attempt at providing a one-stop resource for people following the race. A couple of things could have really made things better: the Live tab should go directly to the YouTube app if it’s installed in your device. The News tab should open Twitter likewise. Instead, both are just links to a browser app. 

The biggest feature of this app is live runner tracking, and it seemed to be the buggiest of all:

- There is no ability to view all runners. Why?! It requires that you know the name of the person. We want to know how everyone is doing (it’s not like Chicago where you wind up with 30,000 entrants)

- There is no ability to view the runners based purely on time; the tabs are gender-separated. This feels particularly unfortunate considering three of the top 10 finishers this year were women. 

- The list view isn’t reflecting runner details. For example even after all top 50 males were finished, the Men tab still shows half of them as being out on the course. 

For future versions, it would be great if we could see all runners and not just favorites. Maybe an All tab could show them, with the ability to filter (by gender, age group, aid station last passed). The ability to sort would also be good (by last name, by age, by finish order). Finally, making sure the summary list updates promptly and reflects the status from the Runner Details data. 

One tiny druther—the icons that indicate a drop/DNF was helpful, but showing an image of a person in a chair felt a little sad. How about simple changing to a red icon of a person standing still instead of moving?

A future feature I’d like to see is a social media component—being able to tweet or Instagram with race-specific hash tags or be able to see other people’s tagged posts. A map to the course.

**Developer response:** Thank you for the feedback.  Sorry for some of your issues, on most devices feed does open native Twitter.  The YouTube integration came together right before the race and will have better integration next year.

For tracking, the app was primarily designed to let you follow the people you care about and some of the top runners.  Ultralive.net provides all the slicing and dicing for the info you are describing.

As for bugs, you are really describing the challenge of providing so many splits from remote locations over a 30 hour event and the Ultralive crew does an amazing job getting that data but it isn't like a road race with timing mats and there are frequent lags or data that comes in out of sequence. 

Great ideas about social.  The plan is to integrate that directly in the app with the runner's page.  This year we are currently adding finish line videos for everyone (currently the top 10 men and women have been added).  Next year, we'll include photos and comments.

## Frequently asked questions about Western States Endurance Run

### Does Western States Endurance Run have ads?

No, the Western States Endurance Run app is ad-free and does not contain advertisements.

### What devices support Western States Endurance Run?

The Western States Endurance Run app is available for iPhone, iPad, and iPod devices.

### How often is Western States Endurance Run updated?

The latest version of Western States Endurance Run is 2.0, last updated on April 28, 2026.

### What is the age rating for Western States Endurance Run?

Western States Endurance Run has an age rating of 4+, making it suitable for a wide audience.

### Can I compare runners in Western States Endurance Run?

Yes, you can compare any two runners' splits side-by-side and tap on course-record badges to head-to-head compare splits with the runner setting the mark.

### What historical data is available in Western States Endurance Run?

The app provides access to fifty years of finishers, splits, and stories, including every finisher since 1974 with name, age, time, place, and photos where available.

### How does the live tracking work in Western States Endurance Run?

Live tracking provides real-time updates on every runner's current aid station, distance, pace, and race time. You can filter runners by various criteria and receive push notifications.

### Is an account required to use Western States Endurance Run?

No, an account is not required to use the Western States Endurance Run app. It is free and built for trail runners.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 2.1 — 2026-07-01

The 2026 race has completed. We've added the new 2026 archive, more splits, and a brand new Performance Rating feature. A few bug fixes. Thank you to everyone who joined, helped, ran, volunteered.

### 2.0 — 2026-04-28

WSER 2.0 — a complete rebuild from the ground up.

NEW
• Persistent live video player — watch the broadcast while you scroll the leaderboard, switch tabs, or open a runner's detail page. Drag it anywhere on screen.
• Course-record badges on Race Day — overall CR, women's CR-F, age-group AGR, women's age-group AGR-F. Green when on or under record pace, tan when behind. Tap to head-to-head compare with the record holder.
• Leader-gap badges for runners in 2nd–5th place — overall, women's, masters, age-group, and women's age-group. See exactly how far back the chase pack is running.
• USA filter (with per-state subselect) and International filter (with per-country subselect) on Race Day, Stats Lab, and the Archives.
• Stats Lab — top finish times and splits leaderboards filterable by gender, age group, country, US state, and year range.
• Year-over-year charts — temperature, finishers, finish percentage, multi-finishers, international entrants.
• Push notifications for favorited runners — aid station updates, finishes, and DNFs.
• News feed from wser.org pulled hourly.
• 50-year archive — every finisher since 1974, with splits, photos, and finish videos where available.

DATA QUALITY
• Cleaned up city, state, and country values across every year of finishers — flags now display correctly for international runners.
• Backfilled 2024 location data (286 runners).
• Re-verified course-record holders, age-group records, and silver-buckle counts for every year.

UNDER THE HOOD
• 5-year identity matching across re-finishers — see Tim Twietmeyer's 27 finishes as one career, not 27 separate entries.
• Live race day data via UltraLive every 5 minutes during the race.
• Offline archive bundled with the app — every finisher since 1974 works without a network connection.

Feedback, bugs, suggestions: narpublic@gmail.com

### 1.7 — 2025-06-17

Ready for 2025 Race Day!

### 1.6 — 2025-06-13

UI Improvements. Announcement. Removed legacy news, and live stream promo.

### 1.5 — 2024-06-18

Updated for 2024 race.

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